Milk-dipper.



PATBNTED MAY 29, 1906.

E. BURKINS. MILK DIPPER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY I. 1905.

EUGENE BURKINS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI',

TO J. W. MCCLELLAN, ONELSEVEN shaped bottom narran sfjrafrns PATENT @FFIC.

AssieNoR or cnn-SEVENTH rn Tornos. r. EiiwiN, our-SEVENTH TO BISMAROK LAVINE, ONEfSEVENTH rIO U. S. BOLEN,y ONE-SEVENTH TO GEO. MCD. WRIGHT, AND ONE-SEVENTH TO W. J. RODOERS, OF S'I.

LOUIS, MISSOURI.

' Application filed lul Specification of Letters Patent.

y 1,1905. Serial No, 267.990.

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Be it known that LEUGENE BURKiNs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of St. Louis, Missouri,

have invented certain new and. useful Improvements in Milk-Dippers, of which the following i s a specification containing a full, clear, and eXactvdesc-ription, reference 4ing drawings, forming a part My invention relates being had to the accompanyhereof.

to a milk-dipper; and

the objectl of my invention is to construct a simple and inexpensive dipping milk from inilkcans,

vice 'is provided with means device t0 be used in -and which defor readily discharging the milk from the cup into a bottle, I glass, or other receptacle.

A furtner object of my inv vide a milk f dipper with a ention is to progravity valve,

which when opened will allow the milk to discharge from the bottom of the dipping-cup and which will automatically close when released, thereby shutting oil. the discharge of milk from the cup.

In the drawings, Figure l view of a niilk-dipper of my is a perspective improved construction. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken through the center oi the dip horizontal' section taken on Fig. 2. on the line 4. t of Fig. 2.

per. Fig. 3 is a the line 3 3 of Fig. fr isla horizontal section,` taken Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, I indicates a size and form discharge-aperture 8. outside of the dipper I provided with 2, in the center of which is a Rigidly lined to the is the lower end of a cup` of suitable a flat funnelhandle 4, that extends upwardly from the cupa suitable distance, the upper end of said handle being bent downwardly to' forni a hook 5. Guide-blocks 6, provided with vertically-arranged rectangular apertures 7, are

positioned against the front face of the handle 4 and are held thereon by means oic setscrews 8, that pass through the the rear ends of said blocks handle 4 into One of these blocks is positioned near the upper end of the handle 4, and the other one is positioned just above the top of the cup 1. move vertically through the Arranged to apertures in these guide-blocks is a square rod 9, that eX- tends downwardly into the lower end is bent laterally,

cup 1, and its as indicated by Patented May 29, 1906.

10, and extends to a point directly over the center of the discharge-aperture 3 in the bottom of the cup. Depending from the outer end of this portion 10 is a stem 11, that carries on its lower end a disk valve 12, of rubber, leather, or analogous material. This, valve is considerably larger than is the discharge-aperture 3, and when said valve is normally seated on the bottom 2 it very effectually closes the passage through said opening 3.

The vertical portion of the rod 9 slides freely through the apertures 7 of the guideblocks 6, and adjustably positioned upon said rod, just beneath the upper guide-blocks 6, is a iinger-engaging hook 13 ing held in position by means of a set-screw i4, that passes through one side of said hook l and bears on one of the side iacesof the rod 9.

In the use of my improved milk-dipper the cup l is inserted through the mouth oi a milk-canand is moved downwardly therein by means of the handle l until said cup is illed with milk. rlhe dipperis now drawn -upwardly out of the milk-can, and the bottle, glass, or other receptacle into which it is desired to place the milk is positioned imma diately beneath the discharge-aperture 3 in the bottom of the cup. rEhe index-finger of the persons hand that is manipulating the dipper is now engaged beneath the hook 13, and by an upward pressure of said finger the rod 9 and valve 12 are elevated to 'the position seen by dotted lines in Fig. 2. This movement unseats milk Within the cup l to discharge through the opening 3 into the receptacle beneath said cup. When the proper amount of milk has been allowed to discharge into the receptacle, the operator merely removes his linger from beneath the hook 18, and by reason of its weight the rod will instantly' return to its normal position and the valve will be reseated and close the passage through the aperture 3.

Heretofore it has been the practice in constructing milk-dippers to make a cup with an impertorate bottom, and where a dipper of this kind is used the entire handle and cup must be swung or moved into such a position as that the milk may be poured out of said cup7 and this action is very unhandy where the same bethe valve and allows the it is desired to discharge the milk into al small-mouthed receptacle, such as a bottle or small glass. My improved construction i readily overcomes this difficulty, and a very simple, inexpensive, and efficient clipper is provided.

While my improved device is especially i adapted for dipping milk from small-mouthed milk-cans, it will be readily understood that i it can be advantageously used wherever it is i desired to dip up a liquid and transfer the same to a small receptacle, such as a bottle or] glass.

In a milk-dipper, a cup having a centrallyl arranged discharge-opening in its bottom, a handle fired to and extending upwardly from one side of said cup1 a hook formed at the upper end of said handle, a pair of vertically-aimed blocks detaehably secured to the handle which blocks are provided with l square openings, a square rod operating through the openings in said blocks and eX- tending downwardly into the cup, the lower I end of which rod is 'bent laterally, a pin carried by the outer end of the laterally-bent end, a exible disk carried by the. lower end of the pin and adapted to normally close the opening in the bottom of the cup, a fingerhold provided at one end with a square opening and arranged to be vertically adjusted upon the upper portion of the square rod, and a set-screw passing through the end of the finger-hold to lock it on saidprod; substantially as specified.

ln testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in presence of two g subscribing witnesses.

EUGENE BURKIN S. Witnesses 1 M. P. SMITH, E. M. HARRINGTON. 

